Al Slavin 
Conservative Leader Poilievre’s “Axe the tax” slogan is popular because it rhymes and opposes taxes. However, the slogan is useless without policies to reduce global warming by cutting carbon emissions. “Facts: the tax” also rhymes but is backed by research. Fact #1: Taxes are generally good. They pay collectively for services like health care and … Read more
Scientists have shown that the world must keep its average temperature increase to 1.5 C to avoid the worst effects of climate heating. Even at the present 1.1 C, the effects in Canada are severe: extreme heat in B.C. that killed 600 people, B.C. wildfires that destroyed Lytton, recent rainstorms, and landslides there, and the … Read more
Climate change in Canada: what we must do The chart below gives the principal climate policies of the main federal parties. Canada’s prairies are experiencing severe droughts, much of our forests are burning and Arctic ice is melting. UN scientists say serious climate change is happening now, and we must take these actions. We must … Read more
The three main reasons to retrofit your house are: 1) savings on heating and cooling bills; 2) a more comfortable home with fewer drafts, and 3) reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Canada’s full Fiscal Update is available here, but Al Slavin has extracted the main climate related points with some commentary. The main climate actions seem to be as below. “The government proposes to provide $2.6 billion over 7 years, starting in 2020-21, to Natural Resources Canada to help homeowners improve their home energy efficiency by … Read more
Linda and I watched the film “Planet of the Humans” a few days ago. It’s a very good film and raises some serious questions, especially around biomass energy. However, some of its content is quite misleading, especially regarding solar photovoltaic panels and wind turbines. The film rightly pointed out that a lot of CO2 is … Read more
On Monday, January 13, Peterborough high-school students organized a public workshop to ask the school boards to declare a Climate Emergency and introduce more climate-change science into the curriculum. Sixty people were in attendance at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Frank St., including students, members of the school boards, teachers, parents, and others. The … Read more
On Thursday evening excited Peterborough-area voters joined other concerned Canadians from more than 150 communities across Canada holding town hall meetings on a Green New Deal to respond to the societal, economic and environmental disruption coming with the climate emergency. The Canadian Green New Deal, similar in principle to the one being discussed in the … Read more
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